Re: [CR]Late 1950s/early 1960s Pogliaghi Italcorse Pista

(Example: Production Builders)

Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:15:35 -0400
From: "sasha eysymontt" <sashae@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]Late 1950s/early 1960s Pogliaghi Italcorse Pista
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On 4/21/07, oroboyz@aol.com <oroboyz@aol.com> wrote:
>
> That is a neat bike.
>
> was excited when he first discovered it.. It also was the infamous April
> Fools joke bike that no one seemed to notice about the time that Masi Cali
> #1 was being discussed (I notice there are no pics of it in it's April Fools
> build up!)
>
> Anyway, Chuck, don't you think he means the faint Reynolds tubing stamping
> circumferentially up towards the butted end that old Reynolds tubes had?
> What say you, Sashae?

The 4/1 build pictures are still up, starting on page 3 of the gallery. This is the best photo of the tubing stamp:

http://boxwood.subtle.org/se/gallery/pogliaghipista/purplepog07

Says:

BUTTED REYNOLDS TUBES

I've never seen it used before (earlier bikes definitely aren't my specialty) so I don't know how common/uncommon it would be on Italian bikes.

-s

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